Key-ring holder.



H. ELDER.

" KEY RING HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 11017.12. 1910.

Patented Sept. 17,1912.

& MW w MM 7 1 1 d 1 i m 1 4 5 HERBERT ELDER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

KEY-RING HOLDER,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1'7, 1912.

Application filed November 12, 1910. Serial No. 591,957.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERBERT ELDER, a citizenof the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Key-RingHolders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists of a device for holding a mans key-ring and keysthereon supported on the wall of the pocket of his trousers instead ofallowing same to fall like a lump at the bottom of said pocket, causingan unsightly bulge in the leg of hls trousers, and, furthermore, causingthe wearer the continual discomfort of feeling his keys rubbing againsthis leg. By the present invention both these objections are overcome.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, inwhich like numbers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur,Figure 1 is a side elevation of the upper part of a pair of trousers,broken away so as to reveal the rear part of the inner wall of one ofthe pockets; Flg. 2 shows the position of the key-ring when thedetachable member of the key-ring holder is being inserted in the fixedmember; Fig. 3 is a detailed view of said detachable member.

In the preferred form of the invention the plate 1 is sewed or otherwiseattached to the wall of the pocket (preferably the rear wall) and saidplate is so attached preferably at such a height as to allow the keys ofthe wearer to hang in a natural depression opposite part of the trouserspocket. The presence of this depression prevents the friction caused. bythe pressure of the trousers leg upon the keys at a point lower down, asfor instance where the keys are now ordinarily carried. In the preferredform of this invention said plate 1 contains a slot 2 that extendsparallel to the pocket inlet and into which a button 3 of the detachablemember 4 is inserted (as shown in Fig. 2), so as to pass between saidplate 1 and the cloth forming the pocket. After said button 3 has beenthus inserted between said cloth and plate 1 the detachable member 4 isturned to the position shown in Fig. 2, and the key-ring 5 and keys 6are held by gravity substantially locked in slot 2, as the width ofbutton 3 is such as to prevent its movement out of slot 2 except whenturned to the position illustrated in Fig. 2.

The detachable member 4: has a shank that is offset from the headthereof, thereby forming a shoulder, the shank being coinparativelynarrow and having its lower free end curled or bent to form an eye 7.The eye 7 projects beyond the rear face of the shank to. normallyunderlie the lower side edge of the plate, so that the eye when broughtinto contact with the plate will prevent upward movement of member 4-.The eye 7 receives the key-ring 5 as depicted in Fig. 1 of the drawings.Of course it will be readily understood that a key-chain or similardevice may be substituted for the keyring mentioned herein.

In actual practice it has been found that a bunch of keys suspended in amans trousers pocket, as hereinbefore described, does not make itspresence felt but its presence is practically negligible because ofhanging in the depression between the leg and abdomen and, furthermore,in actual practice it has been found that the weight of the bunch ofkeys seems unnoticeable due to the different point on which such weightis borne. Because of the presence of the keys and their apparent weightbeing negligible when suspended by the present invention, the comfort ofthe wearer is greatly enhanced.

I claim: v

A key-ring holder composed of a substantially rectangular plate forattachment to the wall of a pocket, said plate having a vertical slot,and a member having a head of less length. and greater width than saidslot, said head being receivable through said slot and having acomparatively narrow shank that is offset from the head, forming ashoulder, the lower free end of said shank being curled to form anintegral eye through which the key-ring is adapted to be passed,

said eye being bent rearwardly to project In testimony whereof Ihereunto aflix my geyorgd the reall'l face of tha shlzllnkfdthe1Enemsignature in the presence of two witnesses.

er etween t e e e an s on er ein adapted to receive the portion of theplat: HERBERT ELDER between one end of the slot and the adjacentWitnesses:

edge of the p1ate,'to prevent independent GLADYS WALTON,

movement of the parts. GEORGE G. ANDERSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

